COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that a Chicago woman has been charged with gunrunning after an investigation found she purchased firearms for her boyfriend, a convicted felon on Electronic...
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Des Plaines Man Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter and Child Endangerment of his Infant Son
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 40-year-old man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in the death of a child, after his one-month-old son allegedly died of drug poisoning while in his care, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On May...
1,414 Pounds of Prescription Drugs Collected by Sheriff’s Office, DEA
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office collected 1,414 pounds of pills during recent National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events, which allow residents to safely dispose of potentially harmful medications, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. “We...
Sheriff Dart Announces New River North Command Post
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today the opening of a Sheriff’s Office command post in Chicago’s River North neighborhood to help deter crime, an expansion of the Office’s effort to combat violence throughout the city. The River North...
Sheriff’s Police Seek Information on Maine Township Homicide
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigators are seeking information from the public to help solve a homicide that occurred last year in unincorporated Maine Township. At approximately 3:50 p.m. on April 22, 2021, Erik Esquivel was shot multiple times...
Sheriff Dart, State Lawmakers Applaud Federal Rule on Ghost Guns
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart commended the federal government for working to tighten restrictions on untraceable ‘ghost guns’ that evade background checks and are increasingly showing up on the streets of Chicago. The federal move comes after...
Sheriff Dart Commends Lawmakers for Passing Ghost Gun Ban
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart applauded the Illinois General Assembly today for passing legislation to combat the proliferation of unserialized “ghost guns” that make it impossible to trace weapons and harder to solve violent crimes....
Sheriff Dart Announces Anti-Carjacking Legislation
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced legislation today requiring auto manufacturers to create a 24/7 recovery hotline to help law enforcement quickly track stolen vehicles. The inability for law enforcement to access tracking information in...
Flight Attendant Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 39-year-old flight attendant has been charged with possession of child pornography for allegedly sending and receiving sexually explicit images and videos of children under the age of 13 on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
Northbrook Police Partners with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s Innovative Mental Health Co-Responder Program
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is now providing immediate on-scene mental health co-response overnight and on weekends to residents of the Village of Northbrook under an agreement between the Sheriff’s Office and the Northbrook Police Department,...